Former SCGOP chair wants Sanford to give up cash

Katon Dawson, the former chair of the S.C. Republican Party, wants Gov. Mark Sanford to fork over part of his enormous stash. As of the last reporting period, the Governor, who is term-limited, has $1.68 million in the bank, and can’t use it for himself unless he decided to make a run for federal office.

“This is a catastrophic event that we will have to get over,” Dawson told CNN. “Whenever you have a public official who falls so publicly from grace in a manner that is as indefensible as this, it takes the donors and puts a huge question mark up.”

Dawson, who is in the tank to Howard Rich, should know that Sanford will probably dispose of his cash to the 501(c)3 groups that back his “school choice” proposals, like South Carolinians for Responsible Government’s foundation. Also, there is nothing stopping Sanford allies, like those who set up a myriad of 501(c)4 groups, to create a number of 501(c)3 groups to take his cash and use it for their policy aims.